Pakistan begins national immunization drive against COVID19 today

Pakistan begins national immunization drive against COVID19 today (Wednesday).

The National Immunization Drive against COVID-19 formally began across the country on Wednesday.

Pakistan begins national immunization drive against COVID19

The healthcare staffs were administered with first shots of Sinopharm vaccine at a special ceremony at National Command and Operation Center in Islamabad.

Speaking on the occasion, Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar said the health workers are our real heroes in the fight against the pandemic. This is the reason that it was decided to administer the vaccine to the health workers in the first place.

The Minister appreciated China for providing the vaccine to Pakistan. He said China is our true friend that has always stood by us in difficult times.

Asad Umar said it is the because of the government’s effective strategy and the cooperation of the people that we managed to control the spread of the pandemic.

SAPM briefs the media

Meanwhile, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on National Health Services Dr. Faisal Sultan said they have developed an effective mechanism to ensure administration of anti Covid vaccine to the people.

He said, while briefing the media persons at the National Command and Operation Center in Islamabad on Wednesday.

Government has established adult vaccine centers across the country.

They currently have the capacity to administer vaccine to forty thousand people on daily basis.

Moreover, Dr Faisal said this capacity will be further enhanced in the days to come.

The Special Assistant said that they found China gifted Sinapharm vaccine to Pakistan effective and trusted vaccine.

Chinese vaccine

He said that China is using them and Egypt and Hungary also authorized.

The Special Assistant expressed the confidence that this vaccine will prove to be an important step to protect our health workers from the pandemic.

Faisal Sultan said that Covax has promised to provide seventeen million doses of anti Covid vaccine.

Seven million doses will be received in the first quarter whilst the remaining ten million doses in the next quarter.

The Special Assistant said the government is also in contact with different countries and vaccine manufacturing companies to procure additional seventy three million doses of anti Covid vaccine.

Furthermore, he said the country will have sufficient doses of the vaccine in the coming months.

Faisal Sultan said it is our desire that the vaccine reach the seventy percent population by the end of this year.

GTV